⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Thunder got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Thunder won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 4:53 · CLE 82-99 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses technical free throw
Q2 6:57 · CLE 42-50 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 5:36 · CLE 14-33 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 8:52 · CLE 99-126 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:57 · CLE 42-50 OKC
- Technical
Patrick Patterson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:07 · CLE 108-133 OKC
📊The numbers
| CLE | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 4 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 15 | Steals | 13 |
| 18 | Blocks | 23 |
